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In practice

The last seal in town: Why regional Queensland still needs notaries

In some Queensland regional communities, obtaining notarial services can require hundreds of kilometres of travel, significant delay, or reliance on already stretched notarial practitioners.

12 June 2026

Proposed NDIS reforms: Sustainability, rights and the human impact of legislative change

In practice

Support and assistance animals: An emerging head of damage?

News

Legal community mourning Judge Amanda Coulthard’s passing

Career Moves

Jamie-Lee Hunt appointed as Director of Sunshine Coast firm

Jamie-Lee Hunt has been with the firm since 2019 and is involved in the local legal community.

QLS Diverse Abilities Network: Remembering Oliver Collins

Case notes

Barrister’s sexual harassment of junior solicitor found to be unsatisfactory conduct

Family law

Efficiency of ‘hot tub’ process

Ashdown & Markin (No 2) [2026] FedCFamC1F 164

Career Moves

Best Wilson Buckley Family Law promotes two, appoints Senior Associate

Natalia Hutchison has been promoted to Legal Practice Manager of the firm’s Toowoomba office.

Career Moves

O’Reilly Shaw adds Senior Associate and mediator to team

Eloise Paxton-Hall joins the Brisbane family law firm after a decade practising in Melbourne.

Suburban Cowboy

Buckling under the fuel shortage pressure

The only thing that has saved me so far is that passengers are packed so densely into buses these days that I am surprised we haven’t collapsed into a black hole.